The independent filmmaking legend calls in from Tromaville to chronicle Troma Entertainment's long history with animation, including the Toxic Crusaders TV series, the TromAnimation Film Festival, My Neighbor Totoro, and a whole lot more.

Convention panelists and good friends, Nate Mollen and Dylan "Hazukari" Kielman report in from their time spent at Otakon this past summer, and then the three of us give a tactical analysis of the crowdfunded anime short, Under the Dog.

I interview old school science-fiction superfan August Ragone, who gives us a crash course in Japanese superheroes from the '60s and '70s, and we find time to dig into this animated clash of titans from manga's golden age.